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Pratt-Read TG-32
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Pratt-Read TG-32

Military training glider model by Pratt-Read

Overview

The Pratt-Read TG-32 is a 1940s American military training glider, designed and built by the Gould Aeronautical Division of the piano manufacturer Pratt, Read & Company of Deep River, Connecticut, for the United States Navy. The Pratt-Read glider was a monoplane glider having a fabric-covered steel tube fuselage and wooden wings and tail. The unique "polywog (tadpole)" shape was the suggestion of aerodynamicist Charles Townsend Ludington, former owner of the Ludington Line.

Specifications

Figures are compiled from public sources and may be approximate; they can vary by variant and configuration.

Photos

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